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Thanks to Faith for the extra set of eyes!

Chapter 2

When morning finally arrived I slowly rolled on my side to look out the window. The bright morning sun was filtering though the blinds. It was a beautiful morning. Just then I heard giggling coming from down the hall. I glanced over to see Daniel still sleeping. I threw the blankets off and headed for Claire's room. I stopped when I reached her door. I peeked around the doorframe to see what was going on. Claire was sitting on her bed playing with her stuffed animals. I quietly entered the room . She was so engrossed with her toys that it took her a few seconds to realize I was there. When she finally looked my direction she launched herself out of bed and into my arms.

"Mommy!"

"Morning Claire. Did you sleep well?"

"Yep. I did. Where is daddy?"

"Ah, he's still sleeping. You want to help me wake him up?"

Her face lit up as she smiled "yeah."

"Alright, let's go."

We quietly made or way to my bedroom. Daniel was laying with his back to the door. I could tell by his rhythmic breathing that he was still asleep. I carried Claire around to the other side of the bed and gently sat her down. She smiled and looked up at me for confirmation. I smiled back and nodded. She slowly crawled closer to Daniel, she placed her small hand on his shoulder and tried to roll him over. The sight made me giggle. Despite my best attempt to hide it Claire heard me. "Mommy help." I reached over and pushed him onto his back. I could tell that he was now awake, but Claire had no clue. She climbed onto his chest and sat down. Then she proceeded to pry his eyes open with her little fingers. "Daddy wake up" she said just above a whisper. Daniel groaned and mumbled, "five more minutes mommy." Claire squealed "I not mommy! Her's over there."

"Yeah daddy", I said as I laid down beside the two, "mommy's over here."

"Mmm", he said as he turned to kiss me, "did you tell here where we're going today?"

"No, not yet. I thought we'd tell her after breakfast."

"Speaking of which, what would you two girls like for breakfast?"

"Ooh can we have waffles daddy? Pwease?"

"We sure can sweetie."

"Yay!" Claire said clapping her hands

Twenty minutes later we were sitting around the table enjoying Daniel's homemade waffles when the doorbell rang. I started to get up, but Daniel stopped me, so Claire and I continued eating. A few minutes later Daniel came back.

"Who was that?" I asked

"Jack."

"As in General O'Neill?!"

"Yes, what other Jack do we know?"

"Where did he go?"

"Oh, he brought something, and he forgot it in his car."

"Oh."

"He's in town for a few days and he wants to get the old team together."

"OK, that sounds like fun. When does he want to get together?"

"Today. He's already talked to Teal'c."

"Well, I guess we can have our family outing another day." Just then Major General Jack O'Neill entered the room with a brightly wrapped box. Claire jumped off her chair and ran over and jumped up and down in front of him. "Is dat pwesent for me?"

"Claire!"

"It's OK Carter."

"Jack…" Daniel started

"I know Daniel. She's not Carter anymore, and like I said before, old habits die hard."

"No, I was going to say, you can't keep brining Claire gifts every time you see her, you're going to spoil her. I don't know who's worse you or Cassie."

"Oh come on Daniel…consider it an early birthday present."

"Alright"

Jack squatted down to Claire's level and handed her the box. She squealed with delight and plopped right down on the kitchen floor. She ripped away the wrapping paper to reveal a plain brown box. She stared at the box looking for an opening. "Here Claire, let me get that", he said pulling out his pocketknife, "there you go. Now you can get to the goods." She pulled back one flap at a time to reveal a box full of packing peanuts. She picked up one of the Styrofoam pieces and rolled it between her fingers.

"Keep digging kiddo. There's something in there I promise."

She eagerly began digging around in the box. A few seconds later she pulled out a beautiful baby doll. The doll was dressed in a dark blue sleeper. The doll looked a lot like Claire, the same light brown hair with a few curls at the end, and the same blue eyes.

"Wow, Jack, that looks just like Claire. Where did you find it?" Daniel asked

"Oh, you know, I was just flipping through a magazine and I saw the advertisement."

"And what magazine was that Jack?"

"That's not important Daniel. The important thing is that I found it." He looked down at Claire and said, "you know the really cool thing about this doll is it comes with another outfit." He reached into the box and pulled out a little light purple dress.

"Ooh pwetty" Claire said, "dat's my favwit color."

"Well whadda know about that", General O'Neill said with a smile.

Claire stood up and he handed her the dress. She tucked the dress and the doll under her left arm and hugged him with the other arm. "Thank you Uncle Jack. She's weally pwetty."

"Oh you're welcome!"

"Mommy can I go pway?

"Sure sweetie" I said.

"So, are we on for later?" General O'Neill asked

I glanced at Daniel and shrugged "yeah, I suppose we could get together."

"Great, so when and where?"

"Well, I need to make some calls and see if I can find someone to watch Claire" I said.

"You don't have to do that. She can come and entertain us."

"Or we could do something here. That way we won't have to worry about getting back here to put Claire to bed. Is that alright with you Sam?"

"Yeah that's a good idea. What time?"

"How does 1900 hours sound?"

"Seven's fine."

"Perfect" General O'Neill said clapping his hands together, "Teal'c and I will see you guys then."

I watched my former CO turn and leave. The last several years in Washington had not changed him one bit. He still had the attention span of a five year old. I still don't know how he manages to survive all of the meetings. He still gets excited over little things. I began thinking back to the first time I met him. Back when he adamantly expressed his dislike for scientists. Over the years I think his feelings have changed. Considering two people he considers as "family" are scientists.

A few hours later Daniel and I began straightening up the house. It didn't take us very long since Daniel had kept the house pretty clean while I was gone. Just as we sat down on the couch Claire came running down the stairs "daddy can you take me and mommy to the park? The one you took me to?"

"I'm afraid we can't go today Claire. Uncle Jack and Teal'c are coming over later."

"Dey are? Does dat mean we can pway football again?"

"I don't know sweetie, you'll have to ask Jack and Teal'c if they want to play."

"Wast time Cassie was here, but she won't be here dis time will she?"

"No, not this time." I said, "maybe she can come next time."

Claire smiled "can I go pway outside?"

"For a little bit, then you have to come in and help me make cookies OK?"

"OK mommy! I wike making cookies!"

"I know you do honey." With that Claire ran for the backdoor. I sighed and leaned into Daniel. As much as I was looking forward to the get together, I also was looking forward to some quiet time with Daniel. I had some things I wanted to discuss. I decided that I couldn't wait any longer. "Daniel, how serious were you when you said you'd been thinking about putting in for reassignment?"

"I was very serious. I want to be able to spend more time with you and Claire. I wanted to talk to you about it before I decided."

"I did some thinking this morning about getting reassigned and about what Claire asked."

"Oh really? The reassignment part doesn't surprise me, but the other thing does."

"Yeah I know, I didn't sound too enthused about it last night, but now I like the idea of having another baby. I think this would be a good time. I mean Claire will be four soon so she'd be able to help out a little, and she's already been asking for a sibling."

"You're sure?"

"Yes, Daniel, I'm sure" I said as I kissed him.

By the time Claire and I took the last batch of cookies out of the oven it was almost time for the get together. We were putting the hot cookies on the cooling rack when the doorbell rang. Claire ran into the living room to Daniel and they answered the door. I could hear the chatter from the other room. Claire was talking to Teal'c "Uncle T, will you and Uncle Jack play football wif me and mommy and daddy?"

"Perhaps we can play while we wait for the evening meal. If you agree O'Neill."

"Uh, sure, why not. We can toss the football around for a bit."

I finished with the cookies and started cleaning up. I was almost finished loading the dishwasher when Daniel came in, "why don't you leave that for later? Claire has talked them into playing some football."

"I'm almost finished. Did you ask them what they wanted tonight or are we just gonna go with pizza?"

"I'm sure pizza will be fine."

"Alright, but when you order…"

"I know, get one pizza half pepperoni for Claire…are you alright?"

"Yeah", I sighed, "just a little tired that's all."

"OK, are you coming out to watch us?"

"Yes. I might play for a bit. I know Claire's going to beg me to."

Ten minutes later we were all outside playing football. Claire insisted on being on Teal'c and Daniel's team, so that left me with General O'Neill. Teal'c had Claire sitting on his shoulders, so whenever anyone on her team got the ball they immediately handed it off to her. After about fifteen minutes of playing I took a break. I sat down on the porch and watched. Claire was thoroughly enjoying herself. Perched high on Teal'c's shoulders she called out "mommy, mommy did you see dat?"

"Yes baby", I replied, "I saw that." Just then the doorbell rang. "Alright everyone, food's here", I announced getting up. We all filed into the house. While Daniel and General O'Neill went to the door I worked on getting Claire cleaned up to eat.. I could hear Daniel and the General arguing over who was paying for the pizza.

"Daniel, I have no one to spend my money on. Please let me do this."

Daniel threw his hands up in surrender "fine".

After I got Claire cleaned up and strapped into her booster seat Teal'c spoke up, "you have become a great mother Samantha. Claire Jackson is fortunate to have you."

"Thank you Teal'c. I've come a long way in three years."

"Indeed you have."

"Alright kids, time to eat", O'Neill announced as he came into the kitchen carrying two boxes of pizza. Daniel came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me and whispered, "isn't this great? It's just like old times. We need to do this more often."

"Yeah, it is great. I didn't realized how much I missed it until tonight" I said.

After dinner we gather in the living room to talk. Claire was getting rather sleepy, but she refused to go to bed. She insisted on sitting on my lap. I think she was afraid she was going to miss something important. The guys talked while I sat holding my little girl. Claire was almost asleep when she suddenly remembered something. She jumped off my lap and ran upstairs. A minute later she returned to my lap with her doll. Once she found a comfortable position she looked up and said, "when I get my baby sister, she can pway wif my doll too."

"Aww, that's very nice of you. I'm sure she'd love to play with your doll."

"Are you and Daniel Jackson expecting?" Teal'c asked

"Oh, no, not yet", Daniel spoke up, "we just started talking about having another baby."

"Well I think it's great. You two are great parents, and you have an adorable daughter."

"Thank you Sir" I said.

Claire finally fell asleep around nine o'clock. Daniel gave her a quick peck on the cheek and I carefully carried her upstairs. I laid her in bed and tucked her in. I just stood there starring down at her. She looked like a little angel, so peaceful and without a care in the world. Things wouldn't always be this way. All too soon she'd be a teenager and with that comes dating. Oh, the dating, I don't want to think about that now. I bent over and gently kissed her on the forehead before I returned to my seat on the couch. Apparently I had just missed a good joke, Daniel was laughing so hard his face was blood red. Even Teal'c was laughing, so I knew I missed a good one.

"What'd I miss?"

"Jack, here, was just telling us about some of the practical jokes he's played on his secretary" Daniel said.

"Oh, I see. I probably don't want to know do I?"

Daniel gave me a look. "I didn't think so" I said.

The joking continued a while longer, then we started reminiscing. We talked about our favorite missions, the ones that scared us the most, and the ones we'd like to go back and redo. Around midnight the night came to an end. We said our "goodbyes" and Teal'c and General O'Neill left. Daniel and I went about with our nightly routine. Daniel locked up while I turned off the lights. Once upstairs I quickly changed into my short, dark red, silky nightgown that Daniel had gotten me for our last anniversary. It'd been a while since I'd worn it, so the straps need adjusted. I could hear Daniel coming up the stairs. My heart began to pound. I knew what his reaction was going to be and I couldn't wait. He stopped when he reached the door. I could hear him mumbling to himself. When he opened the door and saw me he drew a sharp breath. I smiled and took a step towards him, "you like?" I asked.

"Oh Sam! You know I do. You look amazing."

"Thanks", I replied as I closed the gap, "I thought you'd like it."

"Mmm", he said as he kissed me.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. His hands went straight for my lower back. He broke the kiss and began trailing little kisses down my neck to my right shoulder. He slowly slid the strap away and continued kissing me. I pulled back and took his hands in mine and backed towards the bed. His face broke out into a smile and his eyebrows shot up "Sam, you know what it does to me when you're like this."

"Yes Daniel, that's what I'm going for", I said as I started unbuttoning his shirt. I ran my hands over his bare chest. I pushed his shirt off his shoulders and onto the floor. Then I began drawing patterns on his chest before sliding my fingers down to his belt. "I'm ready to have another baby."

"So does that mean you've made up your mind about the transfer?"

"Yes, I've decided that when I get pregnant I'll hand in my letter."

"Then I'll do the same. I want to be here for you more this time. I want to help out with Claire and the baby."

"That sounds great", I said planting a kiss on his lips, "now let's get down to business."

"You don't have to tell me twice."

AN 2: Only one more chapter to go...please review and tell me what you think:)